#probably bc the lighting tbh

[kwyoz]

im avoiding spoilers still but ive seen someee screenshots ingame that werent spoilers and im fucking internally screaming.

i wanna play sooo bad.

[paxopalotls]

stressed about chem exams so I did a ghost king doodle to cope

[chronologically-challenged]

We are in too deep. I am overthinking the lighting logistics in fantasy France.

Both sasasaap and isat show the House having torches and a lot of them, which brings the implication that torches were the central lighting system.

HOWEVER, in the prologue specifically they also mention the latent House's energy lighting up the House itself. THAT has the implication that the House's energy can also provide light on its own.

What does this look day by day? Is there a constant low glow in the House so people can always navigate it? Are torches there are supplement? Or do they provide the primary lighting and the glowing only exists because the House was frozen? If the glowing is a feature of Houses, are they always slightly lighted up? As a beacon in the night? As a way to see? Even when sleeping? A dull glow that shows that Change itself is always alive? Or does it dull with less activity, where the House itself reacts to the people in it?

If I were to get up in the middle of the night, would I be able to get up and walk from the third to the first floor without problem? Do I need a lantern? Is there a Housemaiden's whose job it is to light up torches to navigate the House during the night and then to snuff them out in the morning?

Did the King freeze the House during the night, and that the reason why the stars are out and the torches are lit? Or are the torches always lit, and they aren't a problem because they're crafted in a particular way to last a long time and to mitigate the fire hazard?

The lighting situation in the House fascinates me. You could lean into the fantasy elements and say there is an entire system of lights created by the craft born from Housemaidens pouring their time and energy into the very stones itself. Or you could lean into a more historical side of things and have plot points dedicated the logistics of how to keep House alight while being livable. Or a mix of both!

Or ignore it all! Probably that last one. I have never read an isat fic and wondered how they were able to navigate the House at night. These are all theoretical questions/musings that probably do not need to be answered ever, and I'm overthinking all of them.

[sparring-spirals]

im still thinking about that moment last episode where they're planning how to approach dancer and we got:

Ashton: "yeah we should go in with a ginger approach, make sure she doesn't run"

Imogen with complete sincerity, immediately: "so should i just go and calm her emotions right away?"

Ashton with zero judgement or concern: "that, or i was going to pin her down, but that's cool too."

and then when FCG naturally panics over why are we attacking dancer they both turn in sync to be like! No!!! not attacking. restraining. 👍 :) like what. you're both. mildly messed up on exactly the same wavelength here. i love them both so much. what do you mean overkill. this IS my ginger approach. I'm Doing The Job By Whatever Means Necessary Why Are You Yelling.

Something something two people who have spent their lives learning to suppress their flinch/doubt reflex when in a crisis. Out of a horrible necessity. Those two Problem Solving together with a casual sort of callousness. and looking at each other like 👍? 👍 meanwhile FCG is in the background going "wait we're talking about attacking her???" "no of COURSE not, just restraining!" god i adore them.

[marblerose-rue]

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whaddaya think makes tracks like that? / needletail and violetpaw

[averlym]

the one who pulls the strings (click for better resolution!)

from adamandi by @melliotwrites,, consider this my pitch to get you all to watch it

[just-a-living-meat-thing]

Now that I’ve finished avatar the last airbender and my life has no meaning (I will be rewatching it again) I think there should be a Death Note Atla au. No avatar shenanigans (unless L is the avatar…?) just Light being a fucked up fire nation aristocrat with his death note and Spirit World shinigami Ryuk. I think it would be funny

[faaun]

pls i need to provide updates

[safyresky]

Scrimbly Jacqueline 45/52: It's concept Jacqueline, bitches!!

The original description included the following:

Though I've long lost the FIRST draft of Crystal Springs, the original description of Jacqueline lives rent free in my head because WOW she has CHANGED BIG TIME! I keep thinking of this one like "you...the guy she tells you not to worry about" with concept Jacqueline and badass, confident, older, absolutely FERAL Jacqueline as we know and love her these days lmao!

(And after this scrimble last night between 2am and 3am I drew the most feral looking scrimbly proper Jacqueline so if I decide to be a silly later today, I'M READY 😈)

The dress, which hasn't changed too terribly much, being medieval princess inspired

her hair frozen, not as wild, neat and tidy with a little braided crown-esque thing going on with her hair

the sheer bit of material covering the scoopy neck and the like

the icicle bodice, but it's the other way up--the pointy side up!

(which recently was switched to top down after I mentioned it to my housemate ages ago (may have been complaining about how it was hard to draw) and he went "THE ICICLES FACE UP?!?! I thought they went down. Why not try that?" and I did and went "damn. that's a LOT better")

a snowflake belt around the waist/middle of the dress

and a snowflake necklace she always wore! which I changed to a plain old choker bc I didn't wanna think about. Having the necklace be over or under the sheer bit lmao

She was also originally about 1700. THAT'S insane. But that's ALSO because I was 17 and Jacqueline was (and still is tbh) my lil' guy on the inside! Whenever I imagined the story I was putting myself in her shoes, so of course every year as I got older, so did she lmao. When I turned 19 I was like "OKAY. SHE'S IMMORTAL, DANI. SHE'S GOTTA STAY A CERTAIN AGE AT SOME POINT" so we settled on 1900 (though she gives me more 2000 vibes these days), and to compensate I decided that the last two digits of her age would be my age lol. Sometimes you gotta dangle that cake in front of yourself and make compromises, I guess? lol.

She was also originally a little more timid/shy! Which is WILD to me. Y'know those fun arts lmels has done with the OCs? I AM PRETTY SURE THE COMMON FACTOR THAT DRAGS THOSE FOUR TOGETHER IS JACQUELINE, SO PICTURING HER SHY? TIMID? SUBDUED? DOES NOT COMPUTE THESE DAYS!

MAN concept Jacqueline is wildin lol. Also I just realized she was supposed to be next week's scrimbly? ALL GOOD! THIS GIVES ME MORE TIME TO FIGURE OUT HER PIRATE FIT!

[midnight-in-town]

AnE ch142 be like:

me:

wdym they are okay with letting Shiemi, Shura, Lightning and co sacrifice themselves while they go on to survive and avenge them “later”????!!!

Mephy what have you done to them, plz explain

[altruistic-meme]

at least 4 people have now asked in the notes of my post for someone to talk theories/ideas about how the ada would react to actually seeing skk's dynamic in canon so now i have to go rewatch and take notes to fulfill these requests. im probably not going to rewatch the WHOLE show for it but i will be watching the first few episodes as well as every episode with chuuya and especially all of the skk interactions.

[inkblackorchid]

Finally finished a wearable pair of Aki gloves today!

[lesamis]

i understand that like, culturally it's a Thing that people get annoyed when any elderly person they're not even close to tells them extensively about their life & their medical history etc. like i get why it's a general tenor that a lot of people find that irritating. but for one i also think that bc of like the nature of this stupid planet we do owe it to others to pay attention to what's important to them and sit in the moment w them for a bit if we can and so i don't love the sentiment of someone else's need to share being like A Bother above all else. and then also, additionally to the inherent dignity in us all etc i am convinced that anyone who gets bored or zones out while their 80+ year old neighbour narrates his life story is in acute danger of missing out on some of the most buckwild Situations you've ever heard a person recount

[byanyan]

catch me sobbing bc I'm about to have a desk of my own for the first time since I was like 17 😭

[altschmerzes]

the thing that i secretly have the biggest ego imaginable about in my fic is characterization. when i'm not convinced i am horribly butchering everyone completely and shamefully beyond recognition, i am completely smugly sure i know exactly what i'm doing and that i've nailed the characterization aspect of a fic, even if everything else sucks. (it's about a 30/70 split i think, of these feelings.) which is to say every time i am complimented directly on my characterization i feel like throwing a big party and celebrating in the street. NOTHING feels better.

[13eyond13]

Do you think L is actually good at foot massages? I don't know which would be funnier and/or more awkward for Light to endure there, if he was or he wasn't